National Clinical Alarms Surveys – 5 years Comparison of Issues, Improvements and Priorities

Critical care nurses’ knowledge of alarm fatigue and practices towards alarms: A multicentre study

“…This change was deemed important as the researchers wished to ascertain if staff were aware of these adverse events. Improved and open communication is necessary in healthcare related critical incidents associated with alarms (David and Clark, 2013). Furthermore, the national safety incident management policy for the public health service in Ireland stipulates that critical incident findings must be disseminated to leverage learning from safety incidents.…”